Lean is much more than a concept at SBS, it’s the way we run our own business. This allows our clients to:

Eliminate waste.

Increase efficiency.

Focus on more value-added activities.

Our technical resources are second to none. We provide full engineering support and design services, as well as detailed tear down analysis on your existing products as needed. We continually strive for continuous improvement and encourage our clients to focus on a lean mindset.

Take the first step toward improving your own supply chain today by contacting us here. SBS is committed to helping you make a real difference for your company.

Lean Expertise

At the start of all our fastener management programs, SBS first performs a lean assessment and cost analysis (at no charge) at our client’s facility in order to maximize the benefits of VMI. Seeing your operation first-hand ensures that we craft a program tailored to meet your specific manufacturing needs through clearly-defined expectations.

We seek to eliminate or, at the very least, minimize MUDA (Waste) and optimize work flow by getting the right parts, to the right place, in the right quantity, at the right time. We emphasize discipline throughout our operation with clearly-defined performance expectations, aligned leadership, and a continuous improvement (Kaizen) philosophy. We look forward to working with your "lean" team to deliver bottom line performance results.

Ready to start your lean journey? Call us or click here to email us to schedule your free consultation today.

Global Reach

One of SBS's strongest competitive advantages is sourcing and procurement. That's because SBS has spent over 30 years developing partnerships around the globe to support the growing needs of our clients.

In 2008, SBS was the founding member of the Global Supply Alliance (GSA), a group of five distributors that leverages buying power in Asia and facilitates sales around the globe. In recent years, we've driven supply chain efficiencies directly to our manufacturers and worked with our supply chain to implement vendor managed inventory (VMI) programs that allow us to integrate our own packaging requirements and material handling procedures.

Customer Success

At SBS, we produce measurable results for our customers. Our custom designed fastener solutions offer real world ROI. We are pleased to provide the following case studies to showcase our value-added capabilities. Please contact us with any additional inquiries or to begin the exploration process for your company.

Case Study

Client:

A global OEM of complex systems for the semiconductor industry located in Connecticut.

Business Challenge:

To create one cohesive inventory purchasing system from 14 acquired and merged companies.

Problems:

$1 million of inventory in fasteners with little or no usage

Purchasing department-based decisions on purchase price variance (PPV), not usage (e.g., in order to save 30% on PPV, 5,000 socket caps were purchased when only 1,000 were needed, and 80% of the socket caps went unused)

Over 100 suppliers generated 1,600 monthly invoices

C-level commodities were difficult to manage

SBS Solution:

Eliminated centralized stocking locations and converted a three building campus into a point-of-use replenishment system

Established benchmarks for fastener inventory turns to reduce on-hand supply

Consolidated purchase orders under a centralized managed system

Provided system management of non-fastener c-level commodities

Results:

SBS shipped 6 million parts with a 20% savings in a year

Consolidation of purchase orders led to annual savings of over $40,000

Case Study

Client:

World class manufacturing firm located in North Carolina that provides components and assemblies for engines.

Business Challenges:

Outdated prints did not match what was used in production

Clients spent a disproportionate amount of time managing 50 suppliers of fasteners and c-level commodities

Senior management targeted a reduction in the supply base from 500 to 100

Problems:

Due to invalid information, the purchasing department could not quote effectively

Supplier service issues such as missed quote deadlines, delayed deliveries, and unresponsive customer service

SBS Solutions:

Deployed a dedicated implementation team to guarantee a seamless transition, including on site engineering support, quality control, customer service for rapid quote turnaround, daily status reports on orders, and an on site weekly status meeting

Created an internal cross-checking procedure to ensure that parts used in production were in accordance with engineering specifications